Milton Latham

Milton Slocum Latham (23 May 1827-4 March 1882) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-CA) from 4 March 1853 to 3 March 1855 (succeeding Edward C. Marshall and preceding James W. Denver), Governor from 9 to 14 January 1860 (succeeding John B. Weller and preceding John G. Downey), and a US Senator from 5 March 1860 to 3 March 1863 (succeeding Henry P. Haun and preceding John Conness).

Biography
Milton Slocum Latham was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1827, and he became a lawyer in Alabama in 1848. In 1850, he relocated to San Francisco, California during the Gold Rush, and he became the district attorney of Sacramento in 1851. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855, as Governor for five days in 1860, and as a US Senator from 1860 to 1863. He moved to New York City in 1869 for business purposes, and he died there in 1882.